by, upon, stands twice for CJ', "with," as Gen. xxx, 40 ; 1 Sam. xx, 8.
Without enlarging upon this list, we will remark for those interested in that subject that these "pT^SD are given in alphabetical order by Frensdortf in his Masso- ra Magna ; the first part is entitled Miissoretisches Wo7-- terhuch, p. 369 sq. See Buxtorf, Tiberias, p. 257 sq. ; Levita, Massnreth Ha-Mussoreth (ed. Ginsburg), p. 225 scj. (B. P.)
Sebonde (or De Sabunde), Raimond, a Spanish philosopher, was born at Barcelona during the 14th cen- tury; but his life is little known. He practiced medi- cine at Toulouse in 1430, and his death is ])laced in 1432. He wrote, besides several MS. works, Theologia Natura- lis (Deventer, 1487, fol. and later), in wnich he sets forth the doctrine of Aquinas after the manner of Kaimond LuUy. The work was translated by Montaigne (Paris, 1569, 8vo). Of Sel)onde's other essays, the principal is entitled I)e Natura Ilomrnis (Cologne, 1501, 4to), an abridgment of the Theologia Naturalis. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generate, s. v.
Sebrasse, Gottlier, a minister of the Methodist Efiiscopal Cliurch,was born in I'russia, Nov. 8, 1833, and came to the United States in 1852. He soon after was converted, and began to preach in 1856; but his health failing, after filling three or four appointments, he re- tired from the active ministry and settled near Red Wing. He died, from the eflFects of a fall from his wagon, June 3, 1876. He was a member of the North- IX.— 1 1
west German Conference. See Minutes of Annual Con- ferences, 1876, p. 134.
Sebucei. See Sebuans.
Sebvians, the name given to the second of the four Samaritan sects named by Epiphanius, the other three being the Essenes, (iorthajans, and Uositheans. It was originated by Sebua, or Sebuiah ; and, partly to suit their own convenience, and partly through hostility to the Jews, kept the sacred festivals at different periods from them — viz. the Passover and Pentecost in autumn, and the Feast of Tabernacles in the time usually allotted for the Passover. This sect was not permitted to worship along with the other Samaritans in the temple on Mount Gerizim. Lightfoot, in his Horce Talmudicce, considers them to be identical with the Sahwans.
Seca'cah [ many *Sf c'om/; ] (Heb. iSei-w^-oA', firDD, thicket; Sept. So^oxa v.r. A('o;;^i(i^o ; \vi\g.Sechacha,ox Sachacha), one of the .six cities of Judah situated in the Midbar (•' wilderness"), that is, the tract bordering on the Dead Sea (Josh, xv, Gl). It occurs in the list be- tween iNIiddin and han-Nibshan. It was not known to Eusebius and Jerome (Onomust.). From Sinjil, among the highlands of Ephraim, near Seiliin, Dr. Robinson saw a place called iSekd/ceh (Bib. Res. ii, 81, note); but this locality is, of course, out of the question. The place possibly corresponds to the site of Kusr A ntar, one of two ruined towers on Wady Khureitun (Robin- son, Bib. Res. ii, 182).
Secchi, Giovanni Battista, called il Caravaggino, an Italian painter, born at Caravaggio in 1619. He left several important works at Milan; among them are. Adoration of the Magi, and a Pieta.
Secession Kirk of Scotland. See Pkesby- tekian Churches ; United Presbyterians.
Secheni'as {'S.^x^viaq, E/f^oi'iae)) Apocryphal forms of the Heb. name Shechaniah (q. v.); namely, (a) the father of Lettus (1 Esdr. viii, 29), or rather of one whose name has dropped out of the text (Ezra viii, 3); {b) the "son" of Jezeluo (1 Esdr. viii, 32) or Jaha- ziel (Ezra viii, 5).
Se'chu (Heb. with the art. has-Seku', l^'y^n, the watch-tower, implying that the place was on or near an elevation; Sept. 'S.ex^ v. r. Sf^Ei), a region in Ramah, containing a famous well (or rather cistern, "liS), which Saul passed while in pursuit of David (1 Sam. xix, 22). "Assuming that Saul started from Gibeah (Tuleil el- Ful), and that Neby Samwil is Ramah ['?], then Bir Neballa (the well of Neballa), alleged by a modern trav- eller (Schwarz, Palest, p. 127) to contain a large pit, would be in a suitable position for the great well of Sechu. Schwarz himself (p. 157) would identify it with Ashar, on the south-east end of Mount Ebal, and the well with Jacob's Well in the plain below ; and Van de Velde {S. and P. ii, 53 sq.) hesitatingly places it at Shuk; in the mountains of Judah north-east of Hebron; but this they are forced into l)y their respective theo- ries as to the position of Ramathaim-Zophim" (Smith). Sechu is perhaps represented by the present Khuraib er-Ram, which still contains a cistern (Robinson, Later Res. p. 287), and lies near er-Ram (Ramah) directly ou the road from Tuleil el-Ful (Gibeali of Saul).
Sechuana Version. The Sechuana occupies a prominent place in the great Caff're family of languages, and is the most important of all languages of Southern Africa. Tlie first portion of the Sechuana version com- mitted to the press was the Gos])el of St. Luke, printed at Cape Town in 1831, under the personal superinten- dence of Mr. Moffat. In 1841 the whole New Test, was printed in London at the expense of the British and Foreign Bible Society, under tlie eye of the translator. From that time on Mr. IMoffat devoted himself to the translation of the Old Tost., which was completed in 1859. A revision of the entire Bible was commenced in